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SANUWXCHLMUHNE.

pylioeton led Uecomber 7, 19M. Serial No. 664,335/

` To all lwhom 'it conoerz.

` Be it known that l, AUGUST T. citizen of the United States, and a Meien, reeident of New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in

-siiceil from e mess or" material other than cheese. in fact the machine is capable of superpoeing tivo or more bodies, one oi' which it has previously severed from o larger und passing the aggregate to fr point oi delivery. Y 'The present mechanism may be nsed'iior placing* o. portion of cheese on o. @dicker and im eine the smile to a )osition of' easy ac- 1. .l't muy sfo still Y'urlher and hicea f-ccond erzieher on the cheeee.y which "will then give-y iroomplete sandwich embodying; the iiler and the two covering portions.

the drawings accompanying' and form` ing' :i part of this specification, a. practicable omhodiment o'lthc invention is illustrated, whereinM I Figure 'l isn. 'front View. vFig. 2 is irside View portly shown in vertical section. Fig., 3 e plan View, with the parts broken away to show certaino tlienleclmnilm. Fig'. 1i is o horizontal Sectional View taken at about .e plone indicated by thezl-ine .l--fl in Fig. lfig. is: e, vertical section taken r:it about tlieplone iidifited hy the line in Fig. Fig-2 (i o. horizontalsection italien at olmo-t the line om?) in Figs. 5 and 7. Fig. 7

' is vertier-il eeetion -tnlrenitt about the line -zf of looking in the direction oil"A tion 5,) and Fig. 9 in a detail. in perspective of mechanism for tripping a ley-pass connected with the cheesfollower.

A housing is providedor the mechanism which comprises a bottoinplate 1l, and a topplate l2. This topplate 12 is shown supporting a pair of craclre1'-containers 13, il, which., if desired, may he glass; tubes, which will clearly reveelthe contento. These tubes may be closed in @ome suite-ble manner es, for inetenoe, by caps 15. Located be tween tire oraolrencontniners is a cheese-oontainer lo, having :i cap l?. rl`his cheese 'corr tainer may oleo, it' derired, be Inode of glass.

There is shown mounted between the top und bottom-plates l). and l1, an intermediate partition 153, which will support some of the mechanism. Themeohanism here illus trusted will pose the lowest cracker 'from the container lll, to a position to receive it Slice oi cheese, which will be ont :from the bottom of the cheese in the cimtainer.' loden cracker will then bemoved away from this posit-ion, a erzieher will be moved from the other oontainer (the lowermost cracker Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

The cheese-- also in this: instance). :md placed upon the slice oi cheese, when the sandwich thus made will lio presented in position 'for delivery, in the profe-enf illustration upon t delivery-- shelf.

The lower portion of the container' 13, is shown extending through the plate 1Q., and almost to the partition 18. A pusher or ejector 19', is maintained in suitable ways on the partition 18, for reeiprocationV under the l contuii'ierl, and toward and from a posi tion under the cheese-container. The meclninism, in the present instance, will be actuated by a drew-loer 20. mounted for reciprooatioii, in the present inetfince,v in o. direction iirom front to hook of the Inruohine, which isin a direction transversely of the direction. of movement of the pusher 19. The pusher 19 is provided' with a pin .Zjl, -which traverses :L Slot Q2, in the partition 18, and also traverses an ohliquely-disposed slot 253, in the drowlmr Q0. l /hen the drow-bar iS pulled- 'orwnrd the convince on the side of the Slot QSfWill draw the Vpilshler toward the cheese-{terminen-that is. toward the leftin Fig. ,5f-eind more the lowerm-ost orne-lier from the' container to :i position under the cheese-contaii'ier. A Slight pense' i is crackers-intended to be used. In the present cheese within the receptacle 16. The cheese will ypreferably be formed in a column conforming in cross-section to the shape of the showing round crackers are illustrated and the cheese is formed in' acylinder of some- -what less diameter than the diameter of the crackers. Some suitable frictional support may be furnished for the column ofl cheese. In the drawings a series of spring lingers 130, is shown for supporting the weight of the cheese, but which will yield carried by the draw-bar 20.

- end 37, which is shown passing through av Upon the forward movement of the drawbar the knife will be moved forward, the knife-slide will be given a certain amount of lost motion so that the cracker may be advancing Atoward its position under the cheese-container before the knife becomes active upon the cheese. By the time the pin 21 has reached the longitudinal portion 24 of its slot, the cracker will have arrived atl its position, but the knife will not have completed the severance of the slice of'cheese from the cheese mass. This will assure the cracker being at its final position before the cheese falls. ,By this means the proper 1ocation of the cheese upon the cracker is assured. The movement just described takes place during the forward movement, or out.-

ward movement as it might be termed, of

the draw-bar. The inner movement of the draw-bar causes the pusher 19 to assume its initial position and the knife to pass freely under the cheese and assume its initial position.

A pusher or ejector 3l, is mounted for movement in a segmental race-way 32, in the plate12, and passes below 'the crackercontainer 14. The pusher 3l will be actuatedby means of a lever 33, which is shown pivoted at 34 to the bottom-plate 11.' This lever `is provided with a forked end 35, which embraces a pin 36,. carried by the draw-bar. The lever 33 has. an upstanding slot 370, in the partition-18, through a slotin the plate 12, into the segmental race-way 32, and engaging a suitable opening in the pusher 31, whereby, upon the inward movement 'of the draw-bar the pusher 31 will be advanced and upon the outward movement of the draw-bar, the pusher 3l will be retracted to its ihitial position. In Iig.y 6 the outward position of the pusher is shown in.

dotted lines. The lower-most cracker of the pile within the container 14 will drop into position in front of the pusher vupon-this assuming its rearward or initial'position.

Upon the backward or inward movement of the draw-bar the pusher 31 will be advanced and will force the cracker in front ofv it through the race-way 32 and cause the same.vr

to drop upon the delivery-plate 38.

The delivery-plate 38 's shown provided f with an opening 39, for the thumb or fingerv4 of the patron of the machine. This will enable 'a ready removal ofthe sandwich and also permit the removal of the same without the lingers of such patron engagingany portion of the delivery-shelf over which the succeeding sandwich will be delivered.

Before the cracker from the second con-- A tainer 14 is permitted to fall upon the cle-*1 livery-shelf,"the first cracker, laden with its slice of cheese, will be moved forward on to the delivery-shelf and 'into a position to receive the second cracker. Ai pusher or ejector is provided' for thisvpurpose vcomprising a slide 40, reciprocatoryv in a linefrom front to back of the machine and guided by pins traversing .a slot 41, in the partition 18. The pusher is provided with a' pair of faces 42, for engaging the cracker,

and a' pair of faces 43, for engaging the cheese, so that in the advance movement the cheese willl not be displaced fromits proper position upon the cracker. C The ejector or pusher 41- is provided with a slot 44,v

the sides of which embrace a pini 45,'fcarried by a lever 46, pivoted at 47 vto a late 1S, and which lever will be moved for e ect-v ver 49, is carried by the end of the lever- 46, and is controlled by a spring 50, which not only controls the by-pass, but also draws the entire lever and with it the slide 40, to the backward or initial position after the pin 4S has moved to such a position thati;

will become disengaged from the end the lever 46, the by-pass 49 being effective to permit the p in 48- to pass the end of thelever upon the forward movementof the.

draw-bar.

The ejector 40 is timed, by".

means of its connections with the drawbar,

to eject the iii-st cracker with the cheese and push this out upon the delivery-shelf in I claim: Y

l. The combination with a cracker-ccntainer, of a cheese-container, a pusher vfor shifting a cracker from the cracker-container to a position below the cheese-00ntainer, a knife for slicing cheese contained in such container upon the said cracker, and

actuator operatively connectedl with the.

ejectors, knife and-follower and timed for functioning the respective ejectors, knife and follower in timed sequence, and mechanism for preventing retrograde movement of the actuator after the inauguration of its movement.

3. A sandwich forming and delivering device comprising a casing', means operating within the casing for depositing a slice of filling material on onecf the covering members of a sandwich, a delivery table located exteriorly of the casing, means for placing said covering material and filler upon said delivery table, and means for placing the second covering. member upon the ller upon the delivery table.

4t. In a sandwich machine, means for positioning the investing material in place for the reception of the filling material, mea-ns for removing the filling material so as to place it on said investing material, means for delivering the sandwich so formed, and a single reciprocating operating member .for all of said means. y

5. In a sandwich machine, means for positicning the investing material in place for 'the reception of the filling material, means for removing the filling material so .as to L place it on said investing material, means for delivering `the sandwich so formed, and a single manually controlledreciprocating operating member for all of sa'id means.

6. In a sandwich machine, means for positioning the investing material in place'for the reception of the lling material, means for removing thellin material soas to place it on saidinvestmg materia-l, means for delivering the sandwich' so formed, and

single reciprocating operating member for all of said means', ,said membergoperating the first two mentioned means during its reciprccation in one direction and operating the last mentioned means during', its reciprccaticn in the opposite direction.

f?.- In a device of. the character specified,

the combination with a pair of upright containers for crackers and between these anupright container forcheese, a pusher rocating 'knife for severing a. slicel oi the bottom ofl a column of cheese inthe cheesecontainer, a pusher having'a face.- for engag- .ing the cracker and a face for engaging the slice of cheese, then for movin the cheeseladen `cracker to a point of de ivery, and a pusher for moving the lowest .cracker of the other pile on to the said slice of cheese, a draw-bar, and connections between the draw-bar, the respective pushers, and .knife for causing the functioning thereof in timed sequence.

8. The combination with a pair of cracker receptacles and a filler receptacle, of mechanism for shifting a cracker from one receptacleand placingthe same below the filler i receptacle, mechanism lfor slicingthe filler upon the said placed cracker, lmechanism for shifting the filler-laden cracker to a oint of delivery, and mechanism for shi ing a cracker from the other receptacle and placing the same upon the saidsliced ller, a

cheese follower, a reciprocatory rack-bar forv advancin the follower step by step,'a rockshaft an cam for advancing the rack-bar and a spring forretracting the same, a lever for lraising the rock-shaft, a by-pass 0n the lever forfthe 4engagement of the draw-bar upon its recession, a rock-shaft and cam for tripping the by-pass, a lever having a spring for its retraction and a by-pass for the engagement'of the draw-bar upon its rearward movement and timed for release to itssprinv upon the draw-bar' assuming its rearward position, a tripper carried by the said lever i for engaging thefsaid'by-pass androck-shaft and releasing the same upon the movement of said lever responsive to its spring.

9. In a machine of the" character described,

a casing, a container within the casing for holding fragile material t be dispensed, means'for advancinga portion of said materialwhile thesame is continually supp'orted, means 'within Vthe casing for placing a nonfragile4 material upon said fragile material, and means'for delivering the superimposed materials to a point without the casing.

Signed at New Yorkcity, in the county of New York, and State of New- York, this 6th day ofDecember A. D. 1911. I

y vAUGUST T. Maison.

Witnesses: l

FRANK M. AsHLnY, MANUEL M. Voir. i 

